"SHOW BUSINESS is like sex. When it's wonderful, it's wonderful. But when it isn't very good, it's still all right," said British comedian Max Wall. SCENES FROM a book party: Hollywood super-mogul Jerry Bruckheimer appeared at Manhattan's Monkey Bar to promote his big, beautiful photo work, "When Lightning Strikes: Four Decades of Filmmaking." (It weighs about 20 pounds and would be useful as a weapon or an implement for exercise. Everybody at the party received one, along with a sturdy black canvas bag. If you asked nicely, you got two!) Bruckheimer is the man behind some of Hollywood's biggest film hits -- "Top Gun,"...

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